SPIRULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spirulidae mean? 

• SPIRULIDAE (noun)
  The noun SPIRULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications

  Familiarity information: SPIRULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRULIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Spirulidae; Spirulidae

Hypernyms ("Spirulidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Spirulidae"):

genus Spirula (genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites)

Holonyms ("Spirulidae" is a member of...):

Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)